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VLC is a free and open-source media player that plays most multimedia files and streams. It supports DVDs, audio CDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC options allow controlling playback and streams through the command line. Common file types and network streams like DVDs, audio CDs, HTTP, and RTSP are supported. Environment variables can also affect VLC playback.

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VLC is a free and open-source media player that plays most multimedia files and streams. It supports DVDs, audio CDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC options allow controlling playback and streams through the command line. Common file types and network streams like DVDs, audio CDs, HTTP, and RTSP are supported. Environment variables can also affect VLC playback.

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VLC(1)

General Commands Manual


VLC(1)

NAME
vlc, qvlc, svlc, nvlc, rvlc, cvlc - the VLC media player

SYNOPSIS
vlc [OPTIONS] [ITEMS]...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the VLC multimedia player and server.

OPTIONS
VLC follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting
with two dashes (`-'). For a precise description of options, please use "vlc
--help".

The complete list of VLC options depends on what plugins are installed
because they automatically add their own options. Please use "vlc --longhelp
--advanced" for a complete list of available
options.

ITEMS
VLC recognizes several URL-style items:

*.mpg, *.vob, *.avi, *.mp3, *.ogg, *.opus


Various multimedia file formats

dvd://[<device>][@<raw device>][#[<title>][:[<chapter>][:<angle>]]]
DVD device (for instance dvd:///dev/dvd). The raw device is optional
and must have been prepared beforehand.

vcd://[<device>][@{E|P|E|T|S}[<number>]]
VCD device (for instance vcd:///dev/cdrom).

udp://[@[<multicast address>][:<local port>]]


UDP stream, such as one sent by VLS or another VLC. Usually "udp://"
is enough.

http://<server address>[:<server port>]/[<file>]


HTTP stream

rtsp://<server address>[:<server port>]/<stream name>


RTSP Video On Demand stream

vlc://<command>
Execute a playlist command. Commands are: pause (pause execution of
other items), and quit (close VLC).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables may affect VLC:

DISPLAY
The X11 display server address.

http_proxy
The HTTP proxy server URL.
OSSAUDIO_DEV
The default audio output device, used by the OSSv4 output plugin.

VLC_DATA_PATH
The directory containing VLC run-time data files (e.g.
/usr/share/vlc).

VLC_PLUGIN_PATH
An extra directory to load VLC plugins from.

VLC_VERBOSE
The level of verbosity for log messages (0: silent, 1: error/info, 2:
warning, 3: debug).

XDG_CACHE_DIR XDG_CONFIG_DIR XDG_DATA_DIR


The directories to store user cached data, user configuration files
and user data files respectively.

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR XDG_MUSIC_DIR XDG_PICTURES_DIR


XDG_VIDEO_DIR
The directories to fetch or store user text files, downloads, music,
pictures (i.e. snapshots), and video respectively.

XDG_SESSION_COOKIE
The unique identifier of the desktop session, used by the PulseAudio
output plugin.

SEE ALSO
Online documentation: http://www.videolan.org/doc/

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>, for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Feb 14, 2005


VLC(1)

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